Senior Journalist Reporter, Guernsey

This is a crucial role in which you’ll lead our general news coverage across the Bailiwick of Guernsey helping audiences make sense of the events and issues shaping their communities.

Job Requisition ID: 41950

Job Closing Date: 26/04/2026

Guernsey, GBR, GY2 4LA

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term Contract / Attachment until 12/03/2027, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Guernsey
LOCATION: Guernsey, Channel Islands (office based)
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to £50,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Plus additional Channel Islands weighting of £5,441/annum.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This is a crucial role in which you’ll lead our general news coverage across the Bailiwick of Guernsey helping audiences make sense of the events and issues shaping their communities. Your editorial judgement, curiosity and integrity will help ensure our journalism remains trusted, relevant, and impactful.

You’ll look beyond the day-to-day headlines to generate original journalism, identify emerging stories, and provide deeper context and analysis. The primary editorial focus includes responding to breaking news while also setting the news agenda with distinctive public interest reporting and exclusives. As part of the wider Channel Island team, you will contribute to a broad range of multi-platform output and support regional storytelling.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
You’ll be working in a unique part of Britain for a station with one of the highest percentage listener rates in BBC Local radio, reaching audiences who truly value local journalism. Our reporters work seamlessly across radio, TV, online and socials, giving you the chance to build outstanding multi-platform skills in a supportive environment. Based in a distinctive news patch with its own government, you’ll cover stories that genuinely impact communities, while learning, growing, and thriving within a collaborative, encouraging team.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Working as a multi-platform reporter delivering for tv, radio, online and socials
Regularly doing live reporting on both TV and Radio
Taking the lead on sourcing and standing up stories and being proactive over editorial and legal issues
Working to tight deadlines whilst maintaining high standards of accuracy and exercising strong editorial judgement and understanding of media law
Writing a range of different styles of online articles including more complex features and providing analysis

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

A significant track record in journalism, demonstrating strong editorial judgement under pressure.
You’ll bring a passion for powerful audio storytelling, with a strong flair for writing engaging scripts and online articles that reflect what matters to local audiences.
You’ll confidently self-shoot and edit video, producing high-quality visual content.
Working to tight deadlines, you’ll uphold the highest editorial standards, producing accurate, impartial, and trusted journalism.
Strong relationship building skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a team.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

Experience mentoring more junior colleagues.
An understanding of life in Guernsey and its unique political landscape.
Familiarity with collaborating across multiple teams.
Ability to contribute to wider content beyond core programmes.
Experience working in fast paced, high responsibility editorial environments.
Additional multimedia or digital journalism skills.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply

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Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

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Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.